January 29, 2003	Wednesday	Ziqa’ad 25,1423

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JENIN, Jan 28: The Israeli army killed four Palestinians on Tuesday as it blockaded Palestinian inhabitants in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during Israel’s election day.

Three Palestinians were killed when an explosion levelled a house owned by a militant in Gaza. Palestinians said the house was hit by an Israeli helicopter missile.

Palestinian medics said three Palestinians were shot dead in this northern West Bank city during an exchange of fire with Israeli troops and that a 17-year-old was killed while running to the aid of one of the three.

A Palestinian photographer working for Agence France Presse was shot in the leg during the incident, the medics said.

Palestinians identified the three dead in Gaza City as two children of Hamas militant Mohammed Salameh, including a 15-year-old girl, and a bodyguard of a senior Hamas leader, and said they were killed in a helicopter missile strike.

The large house was devastated by the explosion.

Mourners carried the bodies of the three dead wrapped in green Hamas flags through the streets of Gaza City amidst cries of revenge.—Reuters